diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f72ba7f..c1600e9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "sqlite"
-version = "0.2.1"
+version = "0.2.2"
 authors = ["Ivan Ukhov <ivan.ukhov@gmail.com>"]
 license = "MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/stainless-steel/sqlite"
diff --git a/src/database.rs b/src/database.rs
index 59c3d90..74168c9 100644
--- a/src/database.rs
+++ b/src/database.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ pub type ExecuteCallback<'l> = FnMut(Vec<(String, String)>) -> bool + 'l;
 
 impl<'l> Database<'l> {
     /// Open a database.
-    pub fn open(path: &Path) -> Result<Database> {
+    pub fn open(path: &Path) -> Result<Database<'l>> {
         let mut raw = 0 as *mut _;
         unsafe {
             success!(raw::sqlite3_open(path_to_c_str!(path), &mut raw));
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 28b838f..a34c6ab 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -65,6 +65,6 @@ pub use statement::{Statement, Binding, Value};
 
 /// Open a database.
 #[inline]
-pub fn open(path: &std::path::Path) -> Result<Database> {
+pub fn open<'l>(path: &std::path::Path) -> Result<Database<'l>> {
     Database::open(path)
 }